European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform

The European Commission recently adopted a legislative proposal to increase demand for low-carbon, European-made technologies and products. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) aims to boost manufacturing, grow businesses and create jobs in the EU, while supporting industry's adoption of cleaner, future-ready technologies.

The EU-funded FRANCESCA project focuses on improving circular design practices and supporting the development of circular business models in the furniture sector.

It has launched two surveys to help steer the creation of a circular design tool and circular business models - furniture companies are asked to give their input!

The ECESP website has a good selection of circular bioeconomy-themed content. We'll be shining a spotlight on some of it here! 

This item looks at a report from the European Investment Bank on scaling up bio-based industries.

This briefing from the European Environment Agency looks at the links between the circular economy and climate change mitigation. Many reports and studies argue that this link exists, but estimates of its potential diverge greatly. See what the EEA has to say about why that is!